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2003 Publications

 Papers related to mesh generation published during 2003.

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Athanasiadis, A. N.; Deconinck, H.

    "Object-oriented three-dimensional hybrid grid generation", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.301-318, July 2003
    keywords:
    • Delaunay triangulation
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    • hybrid meshing
    • model definition
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    • object-oriented design
    • semi-structured grids
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    Abstract

Baker, Timothy J.
    "Interpolation from a cloud of points", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.55-63, Sept 2003
    keywords:
    • interpolation
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    • least squares estimation
    • point clouds
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    • solution projection
    • surface reconstruction
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Beall, Mark W., Joe Walsh and Mark S. Shephard
    "Accessing CAD geometry for mesh generation", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.33-42, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • CAD
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    • geometric tolerances
    • geometry management
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    • topology
    • unified topology model
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    Abstract
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Berndt, Markus and Mikhail Shashkov
    "Multilevel accelerated optimization for problems in grid generation", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.351-359, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • smoothing
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    • optimization
    • multilevel methods
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    • coarsening
    • untangling
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    • triangle
    • anisotropy
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    Abstract
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Blandford, Daniel K., Guy E. Blelloch, David E. Cardoze and Clemens Kadow
    "Compact representations of simplicial meshes in two and three dimensions", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.135-146, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • compression
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    • data structures
    • large meshes
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    • mesh representation
    • tetrahedra
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    • triangle
    Abstract
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Branets L. and G.F. Carey
    "Cell quality metric and variational grid smoothing algorithm", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.371-390, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • smoothing
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    • quality
    • metrics
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    Abstract
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Brewer, Michael, Lori Freitag Diachin, Patrick Knupp, Thomas Leurent and Darryl Melander
    "The Mesquite Mesh Quality Improvement Toolkit", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.239-250, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • quality
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    • smoothing
    • Mesquite
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    • toolkit
    Abstract
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Cabello, Jean
    "Toward quality surface meshing", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.201-213, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • surface meshing
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    • size map
    • curvature adaptation
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    • triangle
    • domain decomposition
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    Abstract
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Chen, Zhijian, Joseph R. Tristano and Wa Kwok
    "Combined Laplacian and optimization-based smoothing for quadratic mixed surface meshes", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.201-213, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • smoothing
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    • optimization-based smoothing
    • constrained-Laplacian smoothing
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    • smoothing objective function
    • surface meshing
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    • smoothing quadratic elements
    Abstract
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Chrisochoides, Nikos; Nave, Démian
    "Parallel Delaunay mesh generation kernel", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.161-176, July 2003
    keywords:
    • Delaunay triangulation
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    • guranteed quality
    • latency tolerant algorithms
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    • parallel computing
    Abstract

Degener, P., J. Meseth and R. Klein
    "An adaptable surface parameterization method", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.201-213, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • parameterization
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    • uniform sampling
    • metric
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    • remeshing
    Abstract
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Du, Qiang; Wang, Desheng
    "Tetrahedral mesh generation and optimization based on centroidal Voronoi tessellations", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 56, Num 9, pp.1355 - 1373, March 2003
    keywords:
    • centroidal Voronoi Delaunay triangulation
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    • mesh quality
    • optimization
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    • tetrahedral mesh generation
    Abstract

Folwell, Nate, Patrick Knupp and Michael Brewer
    "Increasing the Tau3P abort-time via mesh quality improvement", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.379-390, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • quality
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    • smoothing
    • optimization
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    • computational electromagnetics
    Abstract
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Frey, P. J.; Borouchaki, H.
    "Surface meshing using a geometric error estimate", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.227-245, July 2003
    keywords:
    • error estimate
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    • surface mesh
    Abstract

Frey, Pascal J. and Frederic Alauzet
    "Anisotropic mesh adaptation for transient flows simulations", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.335-348, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • adaptivity
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    • anisotropy
    • metric
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    • error estimate
    • CFD
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    • transient problem
    Abstract
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George, Paul Louis and Houman Borouchaki
    "Back to edge flips in 3 dimensions", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.393-402, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • tetahedra
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    • edge flips
    • edge removal
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    • edge reduction
    • anisotroopy
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    • optimization
    • delaunization
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    • optimization
    • boundary integrity
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    • topology improvement
    • improvement
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    Abstract
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Haimes, Robert and Curran Crawford
    "Unified geometry access for analysis and design", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.21-31, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • CAD
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    • CAD interfaces
    • parametric build
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    • feature tree
    • mater-model
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    • design
    • optimization
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    • analysis
    • geometry management
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    Abstract
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Hitschfeld, N.; Villablanca, L.; Krause, J.; Rivara, M. C.
    "Improving the quality of meshes for the simulation of semiconductor devices using Lepp-based algorithms", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.333-347, July 2003
    keywords:
    • control volume method
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    • Delaunay meshes
    • Lepp-based algorithms
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    • non-obtuse boundary meshes
    • semiconductor device simulation
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    Abstract

Joshi, Bhautik and Sebastien Ourselin
    "BSP-Assisted constrained tetrahedralization", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.251-260, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • tetrahedra
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    • computational geometry
    • Delaunay
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    • boundary-constrained
    • BSP
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    Abstract
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Kim, Hyung Joo; Swan, Colby C.
    "Voxel-based meshing and unit-cell analysis of textile composites", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 56, Num 7, pp.977 - 1006, February 2003
    keywords:
    • automated meshing
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    • effective properties
    • homogenization
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    • mesh refinement
    • periodic media
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    • textile composites
    • unit-cell-analysis
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    Abstract

Knupp, Patrick M.
    "A method for hexahedral mesh shape optimization", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.319-332, July 2003
    keywords:
    • condition number
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    • hexahedral meshing
    • mesh optimization
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    • mesh quality
    • mesh smoothing
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    Abstract

Krysl, Petr; Grinspun, Eitan; Schröder, Peter
    "Natural hierarchical refinement for finite element methods", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol 56, Num 8, pp.1109 - 1124, February 2003
    keywords:
    • adaptive approximation
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    • finite element
    • hierarchical
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    • mesh refinement
    • subdivision element method
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    • subdivision surface
    Abstract

Larwood, B. G.; Weatherill, N. P.; Hassan, O.; Morgan, K.
    "Domain decomposition approach for parallel unstructured mesh generation", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.177-188, July 2003
    keywords:
    • computational electromagnetics
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    • computational fluid dynamics
    • parallel computing
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    • unstructured mesh generation
    Abstract

Laug, P.; Borouchaki, H.
    "Interpolating and meshing 3D surface grids", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.209-225, July 2003
    keywords:
    • anisotropic meshing
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    • parametric surface
    • structured grid
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    • surface meshing
    • surface reconstruction
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    • surface smoothing
    Abstract

Laursen, T. A.; Heinstein, M. W.
    "Consistent mesh tying methods for topologically distinct discretized surfaces in non-linear solid mechanics", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 57, Num 9, pp.1197 - 1242, July 2003
    keywords:
    • contact algorithms
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    • mesh tying methods
    • mortar element methods
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    • patch tests
    Abstract

Lee, C. K.
    "Automatic metric 3D surface mesh generation using subdivision surface geometrical model. Part 2: Mesh generation algorithm and examples", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 56, Num 11, pp.1615 - 1646, March 2003
    keywords:
    • advancing front technique
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    • interpolating subdivision surface
    • metric 3D anisotropic adaptive surface mesh generations
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    • sharp and discontinuous features on 3D surface meshes
    Abstract

Lee, C. K.
    "Automatic metric 3D surface mesh generation using subdivision surface geometrical model. Part 1: Construction of underlying geometrical model", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 56, Num 11, pp.1593 - 1614, March 2003
    keywords:
    • cusp points and crease lines
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    • geometrical model
    • inter-polating subdivision surfaces
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    • metric 3D anisotropic adaptive surface mesh generations
    • sharp features on 3D surface meshes
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    Abstract

Lee, Y. K; Lee, C. K
    "A new indirect anisotropic quadrilateral mesh generation scheme with enhanced local mesh smoothing procedures", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.277-300, July 2003
    keywords:
    • advancing front technique
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    • anisotropic mesh generation
    • indirect quadrilateral mesh generation
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    • local and global anisotropic mesh smoothings
    • systemic merging technique
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    Abstract

Li, Xiangrong; Shephard, Mark S.; Beall, Mark W.
    "Accounting for curved domains in mesh adaptation", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.247-276, July 2003
    keywords:
    • mesh modification
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    • mesh refinement
    Abstract

Miller, Gary L., Steven E. Pav and Noel J. Walkington
    "When and why Ruppert's algorithm works", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.91-102, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • guaranteed quality
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    • Ruppert's algorithm
    • triangle
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    • computational geometry
    • Delaunay
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Molino, Neil, Robert Bridson, Joseph Teran and Ronald Fedkiw
    "A crystalline, red green strategy for meshing highly deformable objects with tetrahedra", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.103-114, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • tetrahedra
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    • level set methods
    • BCC lattice
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    • red green refinement
    • large deformations
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    • muscle simulations
    Abstract
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Ollivier-Gooch, Carl
    "Coarsening unstructured meshes by edge contraction", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 57, Num 3, pp.391 - 414, May 2003
    keywords:
    • derefinement
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    • edge contractions
    • mesh coarsening
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    • multigrid
    • unstructured
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    • vertex removal

Owen, Steve J.; White, David R.
    "Mesh-based geometry", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.375-395, July 2003
    keywords:
    • automatic finite-element mesh generation
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    • boundary representation
    • faceted models
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    • geometry reconstruction
    • non-manifold topology
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    Abstract

Pekkan, Kerem
    "Multiple stationary and moving boundary handling in cartesian grids", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.285-292, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • cartesian grids
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    • moving boundaries
    • CFD
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    Abstract
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Plaza, Angel and Maria-Cecilia Rivara
    "Mesh refinement based on the 8-tetrahedra longest-edge partition", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.67-78, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • refinement
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    • LEPP
    • longest-edge bisection
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    • tetrahedra
    Abstract
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Rajagopalan, Krishnakumar and Peter R. Eiseman
    "Automatic nested refinement - A technique for the generation of high quality multi-block structured grids for multi-scale problems using GridPro", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.277-284, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • multi-scale problems
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    • multi-block
    • structured
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    • nested refinement
    • fractals
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    • conformal adaptive hex meshing
    • GridPro
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    Abstract
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Ramaswami, S., M. Siqueira, T. Sundaram, J. Gallier, J. Gee
    "A new algorithm for generating quadrilateral meshes and its application to FE-based image registration", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.159-170, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • quadrilateral
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    • image registration
    • bio-medical
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    Abstract
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Rassineux, A.; Breitkopf, P.; Villon, P.
    "Simultaneous surface and tetrahedron mesh adaptation using mesh-free techniques", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 57, Num 3, pp.371 - 389, May 2003
    keywords:
    • diffuse approximation
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    • mesh adaptation
    • mesh refinement
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    • mesh-free
    • tetrahedral mesh
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    • unstructured
    Abstract

Remacle, Jean-François; Shephard, Mark S.
    "An algorithm oriented mesh database", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, July 2003
    keywords:
    • C++STL
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    • mesh database
    • mesh representation
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    Abstract

Shontz, Suzanne M. and Stephen A. Vavasis
    "A mesh warping algorithm based on weighted Laplacian smoothing", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.147-158, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • moving meshes
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    • optimization-based smoothing
    • smoothing
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    • tetrahedra
    • cardiology
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    • bio-medical
    • faceted surface representations
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    Abstract
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Sifri, Oren, Alla Sheffer and Craig Gotsman
    "Geodesic-based surface remeshing", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.189-199, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • triangle
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    • surface meshing
    • geodesic distance
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    • faceted surface representations
    Abstract
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Sondershaus, Ralf and Stefan Gumhold
    "Meshing of diffusion surfaces for point-based tensor field visualization", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.177-188, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • tensor field
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    • surface integration surface meshing visualization
    • point rendering
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    • diffusion surfaces
    Abstract
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Suarez, J.P., A. Plaza and G.F. Carey
    "Propagation path properties in iterative longest-edge refinement", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.79-90, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • LEPP
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    • longest-edge bisection
    • refinement
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    • triangle
    • propagation path
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    Abstract
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Surazhsky, Vitaly, Pierre Alliez and Craig Gotsman
    "Isotropic remeshing of surfaces: a local parameterization approach", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.215-224, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • surface meshing
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    • triangle
    • centroidal Voronoi tessellation
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    • local parameterization
    • parameterization
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    • faceted surface representations
    Abstract
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Suresh, Krishnan
    "Generalization of the Kantorovich Method of Dimensional Reduction", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.261-270, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • medial axis transform
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    • geometric simplification
    • dimensional reduction
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    • plate theory
    • CAD
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    • CAE
    Abstract
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Tautges, Timothy J. and Sarah E. Knoop
    "Topology modification of hexahedral meshes using atomic dual-based operations", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.415-423, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • hexahedra
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    • arrangements
    • dual
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    • simple polytope
    • hex topology operators
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    • topology improvement
    • STC
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    Abstract
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Tchon, Ko-Foa, Mohammed Khachan, François Guibault and Ricardo Camarero
    "Constructing anisotropic geometric metrics using octrees and skeletons", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.293-304, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • geometric adaptation
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    • anisotropic metric
    • octree skeleton
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    • boundary curvature
    • domain thickness
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    • medial axis transform
    • brush fire
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    • sizing function
    Abstract
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Tremel, Udo, Frank Deister, Oubay Hassan and Nigel P. Weatherill
    "Parallel generation of unstructured surface grids", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.43-53, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • surface meshing
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    • geometry rasterisation
    • MPI
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    • parallel
    • object-oriented
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    • triangle
    • sizing function
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    Abstract
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Tristano, Joseph R. Zhijan Chen, D. Alfred Hancq and Wa Kwok
    "Fully automatic adaptive mesh refinement integrated into the solution process", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.307-314, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • h-adaptivity
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    • refinement
    • adaptive mesh refinement
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    Abstract
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Wan, Jie, Suleyman Kocak and Mark S. Shephard
    "Automated adaptive forming simulations", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.323-334, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • adaptive mesh control
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    • metal forming
    • adaptivity
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    Abstract
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White, David R., Sunil Saigal, Steven J. Owen
    "Meshing complexity of single part CAD models", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.121-134, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • time to mesh
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    • meshing complexity
    • blend detection
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    • geometry clean-up
    • complexity
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    • geometry management
    Abstract
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Wu, Ziji; Sullivan, John M., Jr.
    "Multiple material marching cubes algorithm", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 58, Num 2, pp.189-207, July 2003
    keywords:
    • marching cubes
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    • multi-material
    • surface adjustment
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    • surface reconstruction
    Abstract

Yamakawa, Soji and Kenji Shimada
    "Increasing the number and volume of hexahedral and prism elements in a hex-dominant mesh by topological transformations", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.403-413, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • hex-dominant
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    • topological transformation
    • hexahedra
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    • mixed elements
    • prism element
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    Abstract
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Yamakawa, Soji; Shimada, Kenji
    "Anisotropic tetrahedral meshing via bubble packing and advancing front", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Vol 57, Num 13, pp.1923 - 1942, August 2003
    keywords:
    • advancing front
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    • anisotropy
    • bubble packing
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    • Delaunay
    • local transformation
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    • tetrahedral mesh
    Abstract

Zhu, Jin
    "A new type of size function respecting premeshed entities", Proceedings, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.403-413, Sept. 2003
    keywords:
    • sizing function
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    • size control
    • background grid
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    Abstract
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